A "huge" variation exists in the amounts of coumarin in bark samples of cassia cinnamon from trees growing in Indonesia, scientists are reporting in a new study. That natural ingredient in the spice ...

Being able to tell the wood from the trees in the world of cinnamon and the variety of cinnamon known as cassia is a bit of a minefield. The cinnamon that is regarded as “true” comes from the ...

Ceylon cinnamon is lighter, sweeter, and primarily grown in Sri Lanka. Cassia cinnamon is darker, stronger, and mainly cultivated in South China and Vietnam. Cassia contains higher coumarin levels, ...

"True," or Ceylon, cinnamon is expensive, so most breads, sticky buns and other products in the United States use dried cassia bark, or cassia cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon contains very little coumarin, ...